Navy flagship LÉ Eithne departs Cork after Covid-19 deployment

The LÉ Eithne (P31) got a blue light send off at the Port of Cork, as operation Fortitude, part of Ireland's response to the coronavirus pandemic, comes to the end, and the ship returns to the Naval base at Haulbowline. Picture: Dan Linehan

The navy's flagship left Cork city this morning after finishing her deployment on Covid-19 operations.

LÉ Eithne and her crew were given a rousing send-off with sirens and flashing lights provided by emergency service vehicles as she and her crew, under the captaincy of Commander Caoimhín Mac Unfraidh, cast off from Albert Quay on the way back to Naval Service headquarters at Haulbowline Island.